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shallowpate

shallowpate noun: one whose thinking is shallow or superficial.

Noun

shallowpate (plural shallowpates)

  1. (derogatory) One whose thinking is shallow or superficial.
    • There were Mr. and Mrs. Merriman, a pretty, vivacious little woman in the thirties; her husband, a jovial fellow, something of a shallow-pate, who laughed a good deal at other people's witticisms, and had thereby made himself extremely popular.1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening

Forms of shallowpate

pluralshallowpates

Origin of shallowpate

From shallow + pate.

Questions about shallowpate

What does shallowpate mean?
Shallowpate means one whose thinking is shallow or superficial.
What part of speech is shallowpate?
Shallowpate is a noun.
What is the plural of shallowpate?
The plural of shallowpate is shallowpates.

Words near shallowpate in the dictionary

  1. shallowings
  2. shallowish
  3. shallowly
  4. shallowness
  5. shallownesses
  6. shallowpate
  7. shallowpates
  8. shallows
  9. shalm
  10. shalmali
  11. shalms

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